LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Rams led the Dallas Cowboys 30-15 with seven minutes remaining in the fourth quarter at press time Saturday night.

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The winner of the game will face either the Philadelphia Eagles or the New Orleans Saints in the NFC championship game Sunday, Jan. 20.

If the Saints win on Sunday, the game will be in New Orleans. However, an Eagles win means the game will be played in either Arlington or Los Angeles.

After the Rams took a 23-7 lead in third quarter on a Greg Zuerlein 48-yard field goal the Cowboys pulled within 23-15 on an Ezekiel Elliott 1-yard run with 5:20 showing in the third. 

Dallas then went for two with quarterback Dak Prescott hitting Amari Cooper for the two-point conversion.

On the drive, the Cowboys converted a fourth-and-1 on an Elliott five-yard run to the Rams’ 36. 

After a holding penalty, Prescott connected with Michael Gallop for 44 yards to the Rams’ 2.

The Rams outscored the Cowboys 17-0 in the second quarter to take a 20-7 halftime lead.

Los Angeles dominated the first half, running 45 plays to the Cowboys’ 23 and led in time of possession — 20:12 to 9:48.

Also, the Rams  gained 170 yards on the ground and 121 through the air for 291 yards while the Cowboys had 119 (40 rushing, 79 passing) yards total. 

Zuerlein hit the first of two field goals in the first quarter when he connected on a 25-yarder after the Rams took the opening kickoff for an 11-play, 68-yard drive.

The Cowboys bounced right back going 71-yards in seven plays, topped off by a 29-yard TD pass from Prescott to Cooper.  Brett Maher’s PAT put Dallas ahead 7-3.

The in the second quarter, the Rams pulled within 7-6 on Zuerlein’s 23-yard field.

The last three possession in the first half by the Cowboys results in punts with the Rams scoring two touchdowns — 1-yard run by C.J. Anderson and a 35-yard dash by Todd Gurley.

BEASLEY, JARWIN ACTIVE

Dallas receiver Cole Beasley and tight end Blake Jarwin were both active for the Cowboys’ divisional playoff game against the Los Angeles Rams on Saturday night.

Dallas guard Xavier Su’a-Filo also was active at the Coliseum, but rookie Connor Williams is started at left guard.

Beasley, Jarwin and Su’a-Filo all have struggled with ankle injuries in recent days, and Beasley and Jarwin didn’t practice this week.  

Beasley was Dallas’ second-leading receiver in the regular season with 65 catches for 672 yards and three TDs, but he was limping badly at times in the Cowboys’ wild-card playoff win over Seattle. Jarwin was fifth this season with 27 receptions for 307 yards, and he made three TD catches in the regular-season finale against the Giants.

The Cowboys’ inactives were quarterback Mike White, safety Darian Thompson, running back Darius Jackson, linebacker Chris Covington, defensive end Dorance Armstrong, defensive tackle Daniel Ross and defensive lineman David Irving.

The Rams had no surprises in their roster decisions. Los Angeles’ inactive players were defensive back Darious Williams, running back Justin Davis, linebacker Ogbo Okoronkwo, linebacker Trevon Young, guard Jamil Demby and defensive tackles Sebastian Joseph-Day and Tanzel Smart.

Todd Gurley was active for the Rams after missing the previous two games with an ankle injury.  

Rookie John Kelly also was active, giving the Rams another option at running back behind Gurley and C.J. Williams.

Edge rusher Matt Longacre also was active for the third straight game after sitting out three of the previous four games for Los Angeles.